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2The Canadian Statesman, lBowmanville, April 19, 1978 Liberals Choose Wilson Liberals of the Durham North- unberland Iriding have selected a, 54-year-old surgeon from Cobourg to lead them in t he upcoming federal election. Dr. Ian Wilson was- elected unanimously last Thursday evening at a meeting in the Clarke High School. About 300 Liberal party supporters attended the gathering. Dr. Wilson, a school trustee with the Northumberland Newcastle Board of Education, joins two other candidates in the federal election battie that :is shaping up. Proeressive Conservative incumn- bent Allan Lawrence holds the rid- ing at present and Fred McLaughlin was elected the, NDP standard- bearer. The federal Conservative association plans a nomination meeting at1 Bowmanville High School May 2. In his 16-page nomination speech, Dr. Wilson said Canada's economic health is good. "Canada is not a sick country in a healthy world; it is a healthy country in a troubled world, the candidate said. "For the past three years the economies of the western world have been in recession, Canada has weathered -the storm better than most," hie added. Dr. Wilson told the Durham Northumberland Liberals that in spite of the economic recession wýhich has been with us since 1975, 1some 230,000 new jobs have been created in Canada between 1974 and 1977. Throughout the seventies, new jobs were created each year in contrast with other countries in which there was an actual decline in the number employed, Dr. Wilson said. He said employment in Japan West Germany and the U.S. declined from 1974 onwards. "By 1976 employment in those countries was still below their 1973 levels," hie explained. The candidate credited the work of the federal Anti Inflation Board (AIB) with helping to maintain this employment level. National unity was one of the main issues singled out in Dr. Wilson's speech last week. Other issues he mentioned included the economy, leadership and emlployment. Oný the topic of national unity, Dr. Wilson said that the country is in danger of being tomn asunder and he said it is the duty of Capadîans to fight for self -preservation as a nation. "One does not wish to contemplate what- will befaîl this nation- of Canada if the severance sought by Premier Rene Levesque and his Party Du Quebecois comes to pass," hie said. 1"With a separate Quebec - a sovereign state that is - we will be a nation divided and we have an example in the two Pakistans of what will, hapý*n- should that condition be ours.' Dr. Wilson and Pierre Trudeau and the Liberal party are best q ualified to provide leadership on the national unity issue. Dr. Wilson dismissed Joe Clark's idt-as as half-baked and ostrich-like. He said Mr. Clark "sees nothing if not a gruesome spectre that will go away if hiekeeps his head buried an his mmnd shut.' The Hon. Donald Jamieson Secretary of State for External Affairs, shared Dr. Wilson's view of the ppoitio party. In his address to the Durham Northumberland association, hie said that a win for the Progressive Conservatives would be a disaster for Canada. The Minister said that a Tory government in Ottawa would be an, unmitigated disaster." He said the Progressive Conservatives would not lbe capable of protecting the Canadian dollar when the American dollar and other currencies are having difficulties. Mr. Jamieson, a Newfoundiand M.P., told his audience that hie had no knowledge of when Prime Minister Trudeau might caîl the, next election. The new riding of Durham- Northumberland replaces the' riding of Northumerlandf-Durham. New territory in the riding now includes Scugog Township and Port Perry. In addition, the riding consists of Port Ho pe, Cobourg, t he Town of Newcastle, Hope Township and parts of the townships of Cavan, Manvers and Hamilton. Frire iTruc k For Courtice Newcastle council approved a $49,000 addition to its fleet of fire trucks during its regular council session Monday, April 10. The truck ordered by council will be used at the new Courtice fire-hall. Pierreville Fire Trucks Limited, of Pierreville Quebec, was the lowest of four companies submitting bids on the Class A pumper. Their tender totalled $49,280. Approval of the truck was condfitional upon the fire chief approving a complete set of engineering drawings before con- struction of the vehicle commences. j King -ou~St. Improvements How would you. like to, see trees 'for tenders on the King St. project to growing along some of the sidewalks be called in May. in -downtown Bowmanville? Or what He told the itesman last week about park benches, flowerpots and that work on the street is expected to decorative lights? begin by the end of June or the first These were some of the possibili- part of July. However the director ties presented b y Durham College pointed out that these dates are onîy students last week during a meeting estimates. of the board of management for "Quite often somethin happens Bowmanville's downtown business that gets you ail off schedule,' Mr. improvement area. Dunham said. "A lot, is dependent The board, which includes upon MTC (Ministry of Transporta- businessmen from the front street in tion and Communications) ap- Bowmanville is considering plans to provals. We don't know how fast spruce up the sidewalk area of the they'll act, " he added. town this year. Since King St. is p art of a 1Following presentations by the provincial highway, the buk of the nine Durham College students, expense involved in the reconstruc- Norma Forrest, a member of the tion will be p aid by the MTC. Town of Newcastle's planning Mr. Dunham said there is no departmnt, said'she believed the estimate on the total cost of the stuPdents'eplans would be helpful in poect although hie added that one designing improvements to the will e available in a bout 10 days. street. Reconstruction is not expected to The reconstruction and paving'of result in the closing of King St. for King St. between George and Scugog any long periods of time, Mr. St. is expected to begin this summer. Dunham said. The, works director Jack Dunham, director of public added that for short intervals, the works for the Town of Newcastle, street may have to be closed when said that the current schedule calîs work is underway. OverhaLPlanni[ng Depmt. From Page One SI senior planners, a planning technic- ian and a draftsman was also recom mended. These will bring the strength of the planning department to sevýen persons. Additional personnel will be hired in stages with all positions to be filled by next faîl, Mr. Guiler recommended in a report this week. The document was adopted Monday with a few changes by both the planning and development committee and the finance conmmit- tee. Discussion of the future of the ý lanning department lasted several ours. "This will have a long-term effect which will increase wages in the planning department considerably, " said Councillor Bob Dykstra, chair- man of the planning and develop- mentcomm ittee. Councillor Dykstra said he hoped that revitalizing the planning department will resuit in the planners being able to do more work in-house. In this way, the municipality could avoid farming out its work to consultants,.' In addition to dcing day-to-day administration, the planning depart- ment in the Town of Newcastle is faced with the job of preparing district. plans outlining, ways in AUCTION SALE 0F LAND LAND MANAGEMENT FILE T-06915 The sale by Public Auction of appoiately 0.460 acres of land, being Part of Lot 14, Concess Ion 1, in the Town of Newcastle,. Régional Municipality of Durham,, Iocated on the south side of King Street (old Highway 2) approximately 200 feet west of Waverly Road. Sale to be held on the property at 12:30 p.m. on Friday, April 28th, 1978. The Ministry gives no warranty as ta the purrose for whlch this property may be used. Zoning and land use information may bDe obtained from the appropriate Municipal Authorities. TERMS 0F SALE 1. $5,000.00 deposit on the day f the sale (cash or certif ied cheque made paya ble to, the Treasurer of Ontarlo) balance payable in thirty days. If the Surchaser intends ta finance ail or part of the alance by mortgage from a boan agency or a private party and more than thirty days is required (a complete the- mortgage arrangements, this Minlstry will consider a reasonable extension of the thirty dy perlod, sub'ect ta payment of nterest rateon th e unpaid baliance. The rate' of iterest wilI be the prime interest rate charged by the chàrtered banks at the time the extension is granted. 2. Sale su blect ta a Reserve Bid established by the Ministry. 3. Sale sublect ta Section 43 of the Expropriations Act. 4. No employee of any Ministry of the Ontaria Government will be allowed ta participate in this Auction unless he-she has prior written appraval frorr his-her Depuly Minister or equivalent. For further information refer ta File Number T-06915 andi contact Mr. Jerry Pratt. Mînistry of Transportation and Communications Property Section, Central Reg ion 350,1 Duff erin Street, Downsview, Ontario M3K 1 N6 Télephone: (416) 248-3081 Information regarding thîs property obtained by contacting District Number 7 Engineer 138 Hope Street North P.O0. Box 150 Port Hope, Ontario LiA 2P1 Telephone: 885-6381 which Newcastle's villages and towns might develop. Newcastle Mayor Garnet Rickard explained that it now appears that four district plans for Burketon, Hampton, Orono and Newtonville may flot be completed in 1978. "We stili have nine other hamiets that we haven't even looked at yet", Mayor Riekard said. "I'm really concerned with the delay", hie added. The planning and development committee recommended Monday that, a district plan be given to consultants and that the municipal- ity give consideration to preparing ail other district plans with its own- staff. In addition to the re-organization of the munici pality's planning department, t he planning and finance committees recommended Monday that the building depart- ment be placed under the planning departmnent. This would resuit in the chief building inspector and his staff' reporting to t he director of planning. -Newcastle Mayor Garnet Rickard said Mondaythat the re-organizing of both depar tments will only resuit in an extra one and one-haîf positions being added to the munici- Dality's list of employees. The Salvation Army will bhîtz Bowrnanville next month in its annual fund-raising campaign for the Red Shield Appeal. Captain Doug Lewis, of the Salvation Army's Bowrnan- ville Citadel, said this week that a goal of $4,800 has been set for Bowmanville and surrounding communities. He told the Statesman that a Blitz Night will be held May 1 in Bowmanville with about 100 volunteers taking part in the door-to-door canvass. may also be S NT AR 1, Tax Sysetem and admineistration committee betweeî Monday night. equal v~ Town Treasurer Klaas Degroot Newcas said Monday that under present tax ville. systems here, there are some people who should have their taxes reduced 'Using by $600 while others should have Mr. D( their taxes increased by $1,000. foilowir In Darlington Township -there are town's:1 29 residential properties which In Daý ought to be paying taxes roughiy a $50,00( $1,000 higher than they pay at to $1,424 present. These. homes are worth in In New the neighbourhood of $180,000 Mr. would Degroot said, and he noted that they $775.17. are assessed at $3,000.* If the Other information brought to lîght located by the treasurer at the finance would r committee meeting this week and in B revealed a wide discrepancy be from Unf air ,n taxes paid on homes of value in Clarke, Darlington, stle Village and Bowman- Variations ga home valued 'at $50,000, )egroot explained that the ng taxes might be paid in the four main communities. .rlington Township, taxes or, ) dwelling range from $186a', A.94 Mr. Degroot pointed out. wcastle Village, the range .be between $182.39 and samne $50,000 dwelling were in Clarke Township, taxes range from $230.25 to $509.39 3owmanviile the range would a$183.52,to $1078.19. Diarlin gton Plant Goes Frnm Page One in size, the Minister indicated that the'province has confidence in "the inherent strength and vitaiityof the Canadian economy. " Mr. Baetz said that whiie a reduced demand for hydro is encouraging from a conservation point oef view, it also is less encouraging since it refleets the "impact of reduced economic activi- tyi is less encouraging also because a reduced Hydro construc- tion program could, in turn, exacer- bate an already depressed economy," the Energy Minister told the legisiature. The Energy Minister's statement this week follows a review of Hydro- projects by Ontario Hydro and the Province of Ontario. Thie review was the result of recent forecasts which predicted a slower growth in the use of electricity in the immediate future.ý Jim Dunn, community relations officer for Ontario Hydro, said yesterday that the decision to proceed with the Darlington project means that two major tenders can be called this summer. Hydro's present schedule calîs for tenders on concrete and steel to be called during July and August, Mr. Dunn told the Statesman. He said that earthmoving activity at the site has beèn halted since mid-March due ,te the spring break-up wich made it impossible to operate heavy equipment on the site. However site preparation is expected to resume within a few weeks, he said. Mr. Dunn explained that work on a fence enclosing Hydro's Darlingtün property and work on a dyke off-the Lake Ontario shoreline has con- tinued. Actual construction of buildings_ for the DarlingtonÉpant is slated for 1980, Mr. Dunn said A by-law permitting the develop- ment of twin theatres and additional stores in the Bowmanville Mail has been referred to the Ontario Municipal Board for a decision. The board will hold a hearing in Bowmanville June 20 to consider the by-law adopted by Newcastle Council last year. The document allows the re-zoning of land east of the mail for commercial purposes. Councillor Bob Dykstra, chairman of the planning and development committee, expiained Monday that the document re-zonesland from a residential category to a commercial category. He said two objections were received following the approval of the by-law. The 0MB hearing will be hel, June 20 at 10:00 a.m. in Bowman- ville's Police and Fire Building on Church St. Cash for Splash ÀOpktPg CaÀva c~4pktQ 1S -go 'M O y'y the 4-mn-i vacuum that also shampoos rugs and upholstered furniture, poilshes f loors and powers haIndy tools as well. You've gotfo see if to belleve it. For a home demonstration, cati The Kirby Company of Newcastle Telephone 623-4595 or drop in te see us. We're at 108 Waverley Road - Bowmanville j Have a rug (Up to 200 sq. ft.) expertly shampooed free of charge with a home demntain - NO OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE - 1 gel Red Shield